Messages Dated May 2001
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Re: JEFF'S AN IDIOT
It makes sense, really, when using technology to build something of that
magnitude. The rock cutters has to be very precise, for instance. The
mathmatics that is evident in their placement and facing is probably not
due to random chance, either.
Joe Lafoon jlafoon@home.com ICQ# 448659
Re: JEFF'S AN IDIOT
The problem is, there are areas where evidence could support a multitude
of theories.
Joe Lafoon jlafoon@home.com ICQ# 448659
Re: Where're We From?
If it was very stable, why did it evolve? I thought a stable niche was
the proof against evolution.
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Very interesting. How many millions of tries would it take to get enough
cells to be an actual population? Would they all be the same, or (as I
expect) would parallel organisms develope?
Looking ahead millions or billions of years, how did these spontanious
life forms get from populations of asexual single-cell life to mult-cell
sexual life or
Re: Where're We From?
I should have put "know" in quotes.
In the previous post, you answered one of my questions that the first
life forms had a fairly stable niche. This makes sense, since they are
the first. So why did they evolve?
It would seem to me that random evolution could occur, regardless of
pressure to change.
Another question: Although I understand evolution in the "positive"
direction, IE pressure forces evolution to adapt, what about the natural
tendency of entropy to cause
Re: Another
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They are. Anyone arrested is registered, career has nothing to do with
it. I didn't mean to imply otherwise.
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Clergy are not pardoned for this crime. Even in the examples posted,
the perp has been arrested eventually. I think some are confusing
criminal justice with church justice. We can not prosecute that which we
do not know about, and it doesn't help that the victims allow themselves
to be bought off.
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I agree, but that is not
Re: Food/Booze Addic
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Absolutely.
Haven't seen them, they sound good. I am headed to Georgia in July, I
may have to try and find some.
I try to find healthy foods with the same textures. Like bananas for
cake, grapes for finger food, that sort of thing. Doesn't always work,
but I try.
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Context is everything.
why
I don't think the RCC has anything to do with it. I think it is a
societal perception that food is okay, and booze
Re: Food/Booze Addict
I love fresh tortellini. In any dish.
I have seen those types of cakes. I read about one that was a litter
box, complete with clumps and a poop scoop for a server! Very creative,
if a little gross...
Judith has already judged me a "moron" after a week. It will get worse.
I would bet good money on it.
we
This is why you will not catch me "pushing religion." I will ask a lot
of questions, some very
Re: Another
You
Thank you. Judith, the subject of this particular response from Stan,
has already ruled that I am a "moron." It is hard to have a rational
discussion with someone like that. I can't help but think Stan is right
WRT her.
Do you condemn all teachers as you condemn all clergy? Why or why not?
Does your (assuming) atheist backround cause you to be biased in this
judgement?
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They may be protected by the organization, much the way
Re: JEFF'S AN IDIOT
Thank you. I do not subscribe to the so-called "herd" mentality, on
either side of any issue. I have been called a right winger, a
conservative, etc. and I don't really care. Water off a ducks back. I am
a believer and a libertarian, but not a thumper or a fundy. Live and let
live, punish the guilty and leave the rest of us alone.
Joe Lafoon jlafoon@home.com ICQ# 448659
Re: Where're We From? 1/2
I don't know if you are close or not, this isn't my area of experience
either. But I am willing to listen just the same.
But we are not single-cell organisms.
DNA is some powerful stuff. One little change and you have fruitflies
with more eyes than they used to.
I assume you are familiar with entropy? Would it seem unreasonble to
apply it to biology, and assume that some of the time devolution would
happen, going from order to
Re: Where're We From? 2/2
Douglas Adams died this week. He was only 49. "Thanks for all the fish!"
The key for me is, we just don't know. I am not the type to attribute to
God everything we don't know. But I am not willing to dismiss the
possibility that DNA is something planned. It seems almost too perfect a
system to have just happened, especially with no evidence that this has
happened anywhere else in the universe.
That evidence may yet exist, not
Re: Where're We From?
This part of evolution I accept. It is new species generation that
puzzles me. And the question of sentience, which I admit I am at a loss
to really define.
Right down below you contradict this statement.
Of course. I realize some are convinced that "conservatives" (who I get
lumped in with) have no sense of humor. But I like to think I do.
Understood. It is the common ancestry I have a problem with. I have no
problem with
Ashcroft's religious bigo
Well, I suppose we can always assume the worst about all charities, and
that they all lie about those numbers. Perhaps I am more of an optimist.
But thanks for confirming what I said. It is not unusual for charities
to be charitable.
Joe Lafoon jlafoon@home.com ICQ# 448659
Another "holy" pervert
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Liberal and conservative are labels that are often misused. I usually
try to avoid them, but fell into my own trap.
Thank you. I am very happy with my education thus far.
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I look at the UL for a model to build on. Or IEEE. Perhaps not perfect,
but better than another federal agency.
Old Dominion University.
Joe Lafoon jlafoon@home.com ICQ# 448659
Re: JEFF'S AN IDIOT
With so many equations and formulas related to these fields, it is easy
to make a mistake.
Joe Lafoon jlafoon@home.com ICQ# 448659
Re: New Burgie Helper
I personally think rare beef is safer than the media would have us
believe, assuming it is stored correctly. The problem is guaranteeing
that your grocer did so.
I am not a huge fan of genetic engineering, but I am not one to condemn
it outright either. I think there is a balance to be had, and as long as
no "wrong lines" are crossed, I think it will be beneficial to society.
Joe Lafoon jlafoon@home.com ICQ# 448659
Re: School violence
Actually, that was the difference specified in the article I read. Many
animals have randomly attacked humans, but polar bears (and the other
animal) have been observed to actively hunt humans.
Only thing I remember about Komodo dragons is they have a lot of nasty
growing in their mouths, making even small bites usually fatal by
infection.
Joe Lafoon jlafoon@home.com ICQ# 448659
Re: Food/Booze Addiction
I stand by that statement. The forgiven part is from God, not man. I
have no problem separating man's justice from God's, perhaps I should
have been more clear on that.
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Sure it does. Forgiveness isn't automatic, even WRT sin. One must
sincerely repent. There is punishment for crimes in the Bible as well.
God didn't seem to have a problem with that aspect of justice.
I can't argue with that. God appears to have been one mean dude
Re: JEFF'S AN IDIOT
Well, that explains a lot. I don't believe much of the Old Testiment is
literally true. It was a way for ancient people to place things they
observed into text, in language they understood at the time. AAMOF, I
take the same view toward the whole Bible.
it
Well, extinct is relative to living humans. If there is a Heaven and
eternal life, then we really never do go extinct. But that is not
incompatible with all life on earth
Re: Another
Agreed. I am not here to convince anybody to start believing. That isn't
my calling. I will explain my beliefs when asked, and leave the
individual to judge for themself. All I ask is the same consideration.
Joe Lafoon jlafoon@home.com ICQ# 448659